Title of Unit or Project:
Brain: Noun, an apparatus with which we think we think---Ambrose Bierce
A Unit on Gifted Awareness for Grades K-8
Grade Level and/or Subject Area: K-8

Summary of Project (see PowerPoint link below for an overview)

• The project is an ongoing reflective journal to help gifted students develop as learners.
• Components of the unit are introduced as early as Kindergarten and developed through grade 8.
• Students learn about their own thinking and learning.
• Students answer self-reflection questions to develop self-advocacy as a gifted student.
• Students are supported by a Community of Learners as they grow.
• The project's goal is an individualized Gifted Learner Growth Plan (a working document- see link below).

Curriculum Framing Questions

1. What is the role of my brain in my learning?
2. How do I use my intelligence to learn?
3. How do I know when I am truly learning?
4. What are the challenges I face as a learner?
5. What do I need to be a fully engaged learner?
6. How can I advocate for my own learning?
   
   Essential Questions

1.What is learning?
2. What is the “gift” in gifted
3.How do I know when I am truly learning?

Unit Questions
see Gifted Awarenesss document link below

Content Questions
see Gifted Awarenesss document link below

Real world connection-

• Just as health professionals expect a patient to be an active participant in his or her health, this unit uses the same approach to involve a gifted student in his or her own education.
• Institutions, businesses, and professionals develop mission statements and growth plans. This unit helps gifted students learn about themselves and then use that knowledge to develop a Gifted Learner Growth Plan.
• This plan is a working document subject to constant revision with the support of a student's Community of Learners. The goal is to help the student become his or her own self-advocate.

PowerPoint Overview of the Unit
Gifted Awareness Unit Plan
Gifted Learner Growth Plan
Student Surveys